The New Silk Road Diplomacy

China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War

By Hasan H. Karrar
Categories: Political Science, Security, Peace & Conflict Studies, Regional & Cultural Studies, Asian Studies, International Relations, International Political Science
Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774816922, 272 pages, September 2009
Paperback : 9780774816939, 272 pages, July 2010
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774816946, 272 pages, July 2010
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774858946, 272 pages, July 2010
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Table of contents

Introduction

1 The Past in the Present: The Reach of History on the Sino-Central Asian Frontier

2 Treading Carefully: China Enters the Central Asian Arena, 1992-96

3 Pushing the Boundaries: Deepening Sino-Central Asian Cooperation, 1996-2001

4 A Momentary Setback: Sino-Central Asian Relations in the Post-September 11 World Order, 2001-2

5 China in Central Asia: A New Regional Power after 2002?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

The first comprehensive analysis of China’s post-Cold War Central Asian foreign policy.

Description

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, independent states such as Kazakhstan sprang up along China's western frontier. Suddenly, Beijing was forced to confront internal challenges to its authority at its border as well as international competition for energy and authority in Central Asia. Hasan Karrar traces how China cooperated with Russia and the Central Asian republics to stabilize the region, facilitate commerce, and build an energy infrastructure to import the region's oil. While China's gradualist approach to Central Asia prioritized multilateral diplomacy, it also brought Beijing into direct competition with the United States, which views Central Asia as vital to its strategic interests.